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Organisation |
| Management Training: Managing People to Deliver Success |
This course considers the importance of effective strategic planning agencies respond to and implement national drug strategy and Models of Care. It provides a critical appraisal of strategic development and analysis and the opportunity to gain insight into how change occurs and how it can be managed. This course will be of interest to staff working in supervisory and line management roles within tier 2 and 3 drug alcohol services, and is relevant to those wishing to further their career in service management. We recommend that delegates have already attended the 'Implementing Models of Care: Assessment, Treatment and Care Planning' course. |
HIT |
| (Accredited) Introduction to Drug and Alcohol Counselling |
(Accredited) Introduction to Drug and Alcohol Counselling
This course is highly experiential. Participants should be prepared to engage in discussion, role-play and reflection on learning. It focuses on issues relating to drug and alcohol misuse across a wide range of disciplines including psychological, sociological and physical aspects of misuse.
This 8 day accredited course is assessed by the Department of Lifelong Learning UWB; successful completion of this module will result in 30 credits at Higher Education Level 4.
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| (Accredited) Introduction to Groupwork |
(Accredited) Introduction to Groupwork
A challenging but rewarding course, the Introduction to Groupwork is a highly participative module with the emphasis on learning through experience and being part of a group. The course includes: planning and delivering groups, co-facilitation, group leadership roles and tasks, group dynamics, learning styles and responding, difficult behaviours and group processes.
This 8 day accredited course is assessed by the Department of Lifelong Learning UWB; successful completion of this module will result in 30 credits at Higher Education Level 4.
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| (Accredited) Motivational Interviewing |
This module is suitable for people who are working with clients where there is ambivalence and resistance to change. It is particularly applicable to working with clients with substance misuse problems and can also be applied to a wide range of behaviours. It will ensure that participants understand the principles and strategies of motivational interviewing; recognise resistance and develop skills to work ambivalence; identify motivation within a model for behaviour change; integrate motivational interviewing skills with core counselling skills and be able to carry out a brief intervention using motivational interviewing skills.
This 3 day accredited course is assessed by the Department of Lifelong Learning UWB; successful completion of this module will result in 10 credits at Higher Education Level 4.
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| (Accredited) Relapse Prevention |
The aim of this course is to develop an understanding or relapse and relapse prevention. This will be helpful for workers who come into contact with clients with substance misuse issues, and who are making or have made, changes in their substance misuse behaviour, and who may return to their previous levels of harmful use. It is also applicable for work with clients presenting with problems in attempting to change, and maintain change with a wide range of addictive behaviours. Participants will explore the meaning of relapse and relapse prevention located within a model of Behaviour Change, and become aware of a range of well established methods of assessment and intervention drawn from CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy), non directive counselling models and MBCT (Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy).
This accredited course is assessed by the Department of Lifelong Learning UWB; successful completion of this module will result in 20 credits at Higher Education Level 5.
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| (Accredited) Substance Misuse Awareness |
(Accredited) Substance Misuse Awareness
Increase your knowledge of different substances with an overview of common substances which are misused. We will look at some of the physical and psychological effects of these substances. Current national legislation legal definitions of drug classification and considerations about the different socio-cultural factors associated with substance use and misuse will also be discussed.
This 2 day accredited course is assessed by the Department of Lifelong Learning UWB; successful completion of this module will result in 10 credits at Higher Education Level 4.
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| (Accredited) Suicide and Self Harm |
This module will help you gain insight and understanding into self-harming and suicidal behaviour. It will consider some of the cultural and historical features involved and discuss a range of bio-psychosocial and therapeutic approached concerned with suicide and self harm understanding and management. Client needs and risk management will be evaluated to help identify and minimise risk in relation to self-harm and suicide. The course will also discuss the concept of vicarious traumatisation – a cumulative transformative effect which may be experienced by those working with survivors of trauma.
This 3 day accredited course is assessed by the Department of Lifelong Learning UWB; successful completion of this module will result in 10 credits at Higher Education Level 4.
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CAIS Ltd |
| A Rocky Road to Travel. Crack Cocaine: Harm Reduction, Self-Control and Treatment |
Crack cocaine is widely viewed as a drug that creates unmanageable cravings. Compulsive patterns of use can be associated with drug and sexual health risk-taking, crime and violence. Crack cocaine has proved a challenge for users and drug services alike, with some questioning whether self-control or harm reduction are really possible. This course teaches practical harm reduction and self-control strategies for use with crack cocaine users, set within a review of the history of crack cocaine and a critical exploration of drug's use and reputation. |
HIT |
| Accommodating Crack Cocaine users, Introduction |
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COCA |
| Accredited Drug & Alcohol Training Programme |
Unit One - Critical Issues in Dependency & Treatment
Unit Two - Counselling Pre-Decisional Change Drug Users
Unit Three - Counselling Post-Decisional Change Drug Users
Unit Four: Dependency Counselling in Context |
The Training Exchange |
